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Wah Fu Education Group (Wah Fu Education Group) Graham Number : $1.84 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Wah Fu Education Group Graham Number?

Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-05-01), the stock price of Wah Fu Education Group is $1.8599. Wah Fu Education Group's graham number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $1.84. Therefore, Wah Fu Education Group's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.01.

The historical rank and industry rank for Wah Fu Education Group's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

WAFU' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.54   Med: 1.04   Max: 4.33
Current: 1.01

During the past 7 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Wah Fu Education Group was 4.33. The lowest was 0.54. And the median was 1.04.

WAFU's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked better than
65.19% of 158 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.39 vs WAFU: 1.01

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Wah Fu Education Group Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wah Fu Education Group's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Wah Fu Education Group Graham Number Chart

Wah Fu Education Group Annual Data
Trend Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 2.89 3.09 3.44

Wah Fu Education Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.14 3.09 3.75 3.44 1.84

Competitive Comparison of Wah Fu Education Group's Graham Number

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Wah Fu Education Group's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Wah Fu Education Group's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Wah Fu Education Group's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wah Fu Education Group's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Wah Fu Education Group Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Wah Fu Education Group's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*2.623*0.2)
=3.44

Wah Fu Education Group's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*2.517*0.06)
=1.84

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Wah Fu Education Group  (NAS:WAFU) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Wah Fu Education Group's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=1.8599/1.84
=1.01

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Wah Fu Education Group (Wah Fu Education Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
No. 13 Deshengmenwai Street, L207b, Hesheng Fortune Plaza, Xicheng District, Beijing, CHN, 100088
Wah Fu Education Group Ltd is involved in providing online exam preparation services and related technology solutions and also produces online training course materials in China. It develops online educational materials that are offered through the cloud and that can be used for a wide range of purposes, such as standard examination preparation, professional training, and interactive programs for educational purposes other than exam preparation. Its segments are Online Education Services, and Technological Development and Operation Service. The company generates maximum revenue from the Online Education Services segment.